YouTube TV subscribers braced for the loss of popular programming as negotiations for a new distribution contract went down to the wire. Google said it would offer customers an $8-a-month credit to compensate for the outage.

YouTube TV subscribers will keep access to CBS, Nickelodeon, and more than 20 other Paramount-owned channels — for now. Google and Paramount Global have reached a short-term extension to keep Paramount's channels available for YouTube TV users.

Paramount-owned channels including CBS, Comedy Central and MTV are set to go dark on YouTube TV Thursday night if a contract renewal agreement is not reached, both companies say. "The contract Paramount has with Google's YouTube TV to carry CBS,